TSR Extra: Recess Notes: Answers to Questions on Common Environmental Questions, by Tom Randall and Gretchen Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: As members of the House and Senate head home for the August recess, many important issues regarding energy and the environment will be on constituents' minds. Here are succinct responses to common questions in the areas of: I. global ...
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Black Judge Finally Confirmed; After More Than a Year, Senate Democrats Allow Vote on Circuit Court Nominee

Press Release /
Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 applaud the Senate's July 15 confirmation of Judge Lavenski R. Smith's nomination to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, but continue to urge senators to curb the partisan bias that is slowing ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Judge Finally Confirmed; After More Than a Year, Senate Democrats Allow Vote on Circuit Court Nominee – July 2002

Press Release /
Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 applaud the Senate's July 15 confirmation of Judge Lavenski R. Smith's nomination to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, but continue to urge senators to curb the partisan bias that is slowing ...
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Old Guard NAACP to Young Black Politicians: Get to the Back of the Bus

Press Release /
Black conservatives are independent thinkers and not the "ventriloquist dummies" that NAACP chairman Julian Bond called them during his keynote address at the NAACP's national convention on July 7. Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are outraged that ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Old Guard NAACP to Young Black Politicians: Get to the Back of the Bus – July 2002

Press Release /
NAACP Chairman's Remarks Threaten Black Political Independence Black conservatives are independent thinkers and not the "ventriloquist dummies" that NAACP chairman Julian Bond called them during his keynote address at the NAACP's national convention on July 7. Members of the African-American ...
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Keep the Statue of Liberty Free: An Argument for Congressional Oversight of U.N. Land Designations in the U.S.

National Policy Analysis #419 /
This Independence Day more than most, our Statue of Liberty has special meaning. With its flame of freedom overlooking the site of the World Trade Center complex, the Statue of Liberty eloquently symbolizes the characteristics for which Americans are most ...
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For Safety’s Sake: Buckle Up, Black America, by Mary Katherine Ascik

National Policy Analysis #422 /
Black America needs to fasten its collective seatbelt. According to figures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), only 69 percent of African-Americans wore seat belts in 2000 as opposed to 74 percent of whites.1 That's just a five ...
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School Choice Ruling Sends Struggling Black Kids to the Head of the Class, by Mary Katherine Ascik

National Policy Analysis #423 /
Black Americans won a significant victory when the Supreme Court recently ruled that a Cleveland school vouchers program created to help children escape from substandard schools was constitutional. The Ohio state legislature established the Ohio Pilot Scholarship Program in 1995 ...
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Historic Preservation Saves Buildings But Robs Residents of Goods and Services, by Syd Gernstein

New Visions Commentary /
Homes of black heroes such as Frederick Douglass and Carter G. Woodson, where roofs leak and walls are collapsing, are historic landmarks located in our nation's capital that need protection. A still-operating grocery store and a boarded-up hardware store, however, ...
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It’s a Great Day for Choice, by Murdock “Doc” Gibbs

New Visions Commentary /
It's a great day for minority kids, children in the inner cities and for parents who desperately want to give their children a better education in a safer environment. It's a great day for parents who want the same benefits ...
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